Top 80 Quotes & Sayings by Hima Das

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Last updated on November 21, 2024.

Hima Das, nicknamed Dhing Express, is an Indian sprinter from the state of Assam. She holds the current Indian national record in 400 meters with a timing of 50.79 s that she clocked at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. She is the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal in a track event at the IAAF World U20 Championships. She was appointed as a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Assam Police under the state's Integrated Sport Policy.

Indian - Athlete | Born: January 9, 2000

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I thrive in competition. It feels good to improve timings and create records.

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I was naughty but never demanding. I never asked my parents for shoes or tracksuits. I was happy with what I had.

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I don't show tension and nervousness, but I know how fast my heartbeat races before a race.

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My father was a footballer, and he has inspired me.

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I am a low-key girl from a middle-class family of a small village.

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We are human beings, at the end of the day. Success and failure are a part and parcel of our life.

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I know my family's condition and how we struggled. But the Almighty has something for everybody.

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My only aim is to clock a time that everyone remembers.

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I'm not comparing it with cricketers who get huge money. But getting some financial benefits do motivate players, especially athletes. I appreciate this move by the state government. A state like Haryana has been producing more and more players because of such motivations.

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Besides my father, who used to be a footballer at the local level, it is Messi for whom I started to play football.

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I don't worry about timings or what somebody else is doing in another lane.

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My role model was Sachin Tendulkar as a kid. I feel very proud that I have been able to follow his footsteps and become a UNICEF ambassador like him.

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Whatever the rules are, we have to follow them. I have no problem with it.

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Nothing concerns me other than my time. That is my only concern. I don't pay any attention to the rest. I run after time. If that improves, the gold, silver, etc. will follow.

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A player needs recovery time, and it isn't possible to recover from one race in an hour.

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If you ask me, everything... every event that takes place changes your life.

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Wherever they send us to practice, we will go.

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The biggest challenge of my career has always been to improve my timing, and it will always be so.

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I don't think I even understand the full meaning of athletics.

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I love Messi. I also derive inspiration from the god of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar.

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I am a positive person, and I want to look ahead in life and do something for my parents and the country.

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My attitude is different. And no one understands me the way my friends do.

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I am hurt that some people criticise very harshly without even realising the hardships which we go through.

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I used to wake up at 5 A.M., and my routine involved six hours of training, both in the morning and evening.

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I used to run barefoot in my village some time back. Now, I have a branded shoe with my name on it.

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My biggest support and backbone have been my friends.

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What I think is about running faster and faster, and I believe that will translate into medals.

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I am not running after gold medals; I am running after time. And once I get that, gold medals will run after me.

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I haven't changed, but people's perception changed.

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Sometimes I feel I don't know even know how to run.

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Everyone needs to support AFI. Since they are doing an excellent job, we need to reach greater heights.

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I want to run as fast as I can.

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Hima is Hima only. I haven't changed.

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I live in a joint family with 17 members under one roof. My father is an MA, but he didn't get a job, because all his certificates got destroyed when our house caught fire. So my father took up farming - fish farming and vegetable farming.

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People have now started recognizing me as well as my family.

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I want to thank my parents and my coaches, who brought me out of Guwahati.

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Our village is very small, so I wasn't surprised when I heard some negative comments from my neighbours on my interest in sports. But nothing mattered, as I always knew what I was doing and why I was doing it.

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I used to play everything, but people in my village said football is in my blood because my father has been a footballer.

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People expect a lot for me now, and I will achieve that.

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When I was in Class II, we used to walk about 5 km. to school. I did not know of Olympics or even athletics then. One day, a friend went in a car and left me behind. I was so angry, I wanted to run and outrace the car. I ran so fast that I tripped and fractured my knee.

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I believe in time and in God. Nothing else bothers me.

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Let's just say my mind is different.

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Bringing a medal for the country is the biggest achievement, and that is why I am very happy.

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I don't think about medals. I just think of bettering my own time.

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I want for every child - regardless of their background, gender, caste, etc. - to be able to access schools that are safe and supportive so that they can learn and thrive.

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I am still the same village girl from Dhing who used to help my father in the paddy field, help mother in household chores, run for hours on the streets of Dhing, play football with my Mon Jai group friends.

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My paternal uncle and aunt have jobs, and they are the ones who feed the family with a regular income.

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